The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-11-03
TEETH FOR TIE POOR.
A Charitable Boston Lady's Undertaking.
Advantage of Sound Teeth.

"A Charitable Boston Lady's Undertaking.
Advantages Of Sound Teeth.
A few days ago, when out of town for
holiday, saw a boy with refined and
handsome features, and having altogether
very accurate and clever face, whose
teeth were evidently in bad way. 1 told
the boy that he had better have them at
tended to. l reminded him that he was
rather good lOokmg--at that age boys
may be good looking without knowing it
land that scarcely anything was so de-
strl'ctive of good looks as bad teeth; that
he seemed clever, and that he might
some day be a rich Or a great man, but
that 81, 100000, should he ever possess
such sum, would not buy him a set of
natural teeth. He said that his father
was dead, and that bis mother had lost
her place in the factory, and that it was
out of the question for him to think of
going to a.dentist.
That charitable Boston lady who estab-
Eshed few years ago a fund to employ
dentists to look after the teeth of the
children in the Boston public schools had
perhaps III view such case as this. | do
not know if that charity still fiourishes.
1t struck me at the time as a most sensi-
bic one. There is scarcely any money SO
well laid out as that spent upon the care
Of teeth. There are only thirty-two of
them and they are very little things; but
their presence is q great comfort and Or
nament, and their absence a great dis
comfort and Disagreement. A moderate
carefulIess about them in childhood and
youth viii in most cases insure a long
possession of them.
Americans have the name of having
extremely bad teeth. 1t needs but little
observation to discover that they have
not gained this repute unjustly. Being
lately in the country New London), I
! heard there was to be a fair in the neigh
borhood which would be largely attended
/ One always learns something by going to
such places, and | went. | thought the
. faces of the people very intelligent and
the features handsome; but noticed that
many OF them, particularly the women,
Seemed TO have bad teeth. Perhaps cne
reason why we have the best dentists in
| the world is that the national teeth are
bad,
In comparison with the immense ad-
vantage Of having sound teeth, the ex-
pense of good dentistry is small But
tLtIC bASIlS l1ItttootiltlS W "IlOu1 even
that expense is impossible. Here is an
| opportunity for such charities as that of
| the kind hearted Boston lady. But l am
not sure that dental hospital in each of
the great cities would not be better
thing even than that. They have such
an institution III London. Sir James
Paget, the first Of English surgeons, has
said that he considered the London Den
tai hospital to be the best institution of
the kind III the world" Certainly an in
stitution which cares for the teeth of
10000 poor people IN the course of the
year must I've the cause of a great deal of
| comfort. 1t mus educate these classes
to a sense Of the Importance Of the mat
ter. This kim cI education is often
! necessary. / do rgt think, for instance,
thay SO many American women would
have such bad teeth if they had been
taught what grea, beauty sound teeth
! are. Is seems 10 me that this London
charity might lie cry well initiated in
this country. Il there been such an
institution in this city, what a boon it
would have been 70 the clever and hand
some boy Of whom ! spoke in the begin
ning.-J0an AIbuclle in n. Y. Sun.